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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EK4vAAAAIAAJ&dq=Frank+Kitson&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fq%3D%2522frank%2Bkitson%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=3&cad=author-navigational&pgis=1 Gangs and Counter-gangs] (1960), Barrie and Rockliff | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EK4vAAAAIAAJ&dq=Frank+Kitson&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fq%3D%2522frank%2Bkitson%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=3&cad=author-navigational&pgis=1 Gangs and Counter-gangs] (1960), Barrie and Rockliff | ||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H_OqAAAACAAJ&dq=Frank+Kitson&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fq%3D%2522frank%2Bkitson%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=author-navigational Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping] (1971), Faber and Faber - reprint 1991 ISBN 0-571-16181-2 | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H_OqAAAACAAJ&dq=Frank+Kitson&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fq%3D%2522frank%2Bkitson%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=author-navigational Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping] (1971), Faber and Faber - reprint 1991 ISBN 0-571-16181-2 | ||
| − | *Bunch of Five (1977) | + | *Bunch of Five (1977) |
| + | *Kitson, Frank (1987) Warfare as a Whole, London:Faber and Faber. | ||
*Prince Rupert: Admiral and General-at-sea (1998), Constable and Robinson | *Prince Rupert: Admiral and General-at-sea (1998), Constable and Robinson | ||
*Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (2004), Weidenfeld Military | *Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (2004), Weidenfeld Military | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 7 January 2008
General Sir Frank Kitson OBE, KCB, MC (born 1926) is a retired British Officer and counterinsurgency theorist. He rose to be Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces from 1982 to 1985 and was Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen from 1983 to 1985. In 1985 he became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. He saw active service in counter revolutionary operations in post war colonial conflicts.
Career
- Kenya 1951
- Malaysia 1957
- Oman 1958-1959
- Cyprus 1962
- Britain 1969-1987
- Ireland 1970-1972[1]
Counterinsurgency Theorist
His earlier published work on counter-gangs and measures of deception, including the use of defectors, continues to provoke strong opinions. Although sometimes wrongly credited with inventing concepts of pseudo-gangs and pseudo-operations (for example, used earlier in the Huk Insurrection[2] in the Philippines), his writing gave the issue a wider audience. In retirement he has given evidence to the Saville Inquiry[3] into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.
Publications
- Gangs and Counter-gangs (1960), Barrie and Rockliff
- Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping (1971), Faber and Faber - reprint 1991 ISBN 0-571-16181-2
- Bunch of Five (1977)
- Kitson, Frank (1987) Warfare as a Whole, London:Faber and Faber.
- Prince Rupert: Admiral and General-at-sea (1998), Constable and Robinson
- Old Ironsides: The Military Biography of Oliver Cromwell (2004), Weidenfeld Military
- Bloody Sunday Inquiry Statement of Sir Frank Kitson, 18 October 2001, accessed 4 December 2007.
